Show NOTED PIONEER DIES AT AI ATi RIPE AGE i OF 86 YEARS Passing Away at D Denver Denyer nyer of Gen Bela AL M. 1 Hughes Early Railroad Promoter o of West DEN FR Oct 3 3 Gen Bela B l If s' s I rune one of or th the most noted characters In lit the t early ar history of oC the West died at nt hl his residence In this city at 4 d o'clock this morning mornin after an of or k ks Ho He Was a years ears of oC 3 age Gen Cen Hughes Huhes was president of the Overland Singe and Express company In In the In-the the I early tj which operated between the l Il Missouri river rl and the Pacific const coast He Ht wa was also the f first president of or the Denver Pacific railroad and und wa was prominent prominent nent In other railroad d enterprises Gen Hughes was born In Kentucky and 11 educated for the law w. which pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit he followed with success at periods during his life until 1893 when h he- he herc retired ic- ic tired He he began hl his le legal t l career it it St. St Jo Joseph eph Mo Io and served ser that State In Inthe inthe the tho Legislature Gen HUshes's Hughess death was due to an attack of or pneumonia which hl his enfeebled condition could not withstand |